Olyroos head to China as named

The Olyroos selection stand-off is over, with the entire squad heading to China for the under-23 Asian Championships.

A Professional Footballers Australia (PFA) demand for talks over the selection of star A-League names ended with an 11th-hour olive branch from FFA, who were prepared to listen to individual cases for exemption.

But given the rushed and compromised nature of the process, no players decided to put their heads above the parapet and ask for pardons from the tournament.

Clubs have made known their disappointment at losing key players for the busiest month of the A-League season of the the tournament.

Central Coast, one of the hardest-hit, went so far as to demand an tribunal hearing with FFA - which found in favour of the governing body.

Daniel De Silva, Stefan Mauk, Bruce Kamau, Thomas Deng, George Blackwood and Paul Izzo are among the A-League regulars that will leave their clubs for the tournament.

They won't receive a cent for playing in China.

FFA will provide scant compensation for the clubs by not counting the players' wages towards the salary cap during the camp but the clubs won't receive funding for losing their players for up to five A-League matches.